(Ab)normal Days V.

Most people wake up to an alarm clock. Some of them wake up of their own accord, allowed to sleep as long as they felt necessary. Alice was both of these. As of late, however, she has been woken up in one of the strangest possible ways possible: The voice of a psychotic mechanical bear. And today's wakeup was worse than the rest.

"Upupupu~! It's 7:00am! Time to get up! How could you even consider sleep, when something so tragic has happened to one of your allies in this school?" Monobear's voice cackled over the intercom.

Alice shot up from Allison's bed. "Allison."

"A-Alice. Did you hear what Monobear s-said?" Allison asks, near panic.

"I did. We need to look…" Alice mutters.

"L-Look…? F-For?"

"A… A body."

"Oh no!" cries Allison. She shakily stands up, sobbing, and yanks her door open.

Ugh, I can't lose Allison. I really don't want to discover a body alone, if it comes to that…

Alice follows Allison outside, and the scene is chaos. Students are running all over the place, and Alice is quite nervous, not taking the time to study the faces. She chases Allison through the hall, and Allison turns down the area near the less explored area of the school where Kaylee's body was found a while prior. As she goes to chase after her, Joey comes bolting up to Alice. "A-Alice…"

"What?"

"The general store…" Then Alice notices the tears streaming down Joey's face.

Oh God. Oh God. Oh God oh god oh god oh god not again not again…

"E-Everyone…" Joey sobs. "F-Follow me!"

Dahlia is the only one that hears Joey besides Alice, since most of the school is either in a panic or off searching.

I… I don't want to follow Joey… I don't want to see the body.

But Alice feels her legs move regardless, a dread-filled feeling passing through her. Dahlia is shaking. Joey leads the two up the stairs, to the second floor. He races ahead of them and yanks the door of the general store open, and runs inside. Alice follows him, dazed, and Dahlia follows behind her.

The sound of Joey's sobs emanate from the store.

Oh God oh God oh God…

Alice slows, and Dahlia races past her and into the store. Another shriek.

Oh God.

Alice gulps and slowly but surely walks inside the general store.

The scream escaped her lips the instant she saw it. The world behind the general store, and Dahlia, and Joey, faded.

Because, in front of Alice's eyes, hanging from a ceiling beam, rope tied tightly around her neck…

Was Raspberry Himiko.

End (Ab)normal Days V.

End Chapter 2, (Ab)normal Days Arc.

Chapter 2, (Ab)normal Days V Endcard:

Alice Verence sits in the middle of the classroom smiling and waving at the camera. Alecksei Jegari is standing a few spots down from her, his face buried in a book. Next to him, Raspberry stands, gesturing to a complicated equation on the chalkboard with a grin. As the picture zooms out a bit more, Kaylee Sunn is sitting on a window sill by the edge of the room, smiling and flashing the peace sign.

A/N: Okay, Mikiche... I really loved Raspberry, and I'm sorry to kill her off... Thanks for always reviewing, and for giving me such a great character... I hope you still read this fic even though Raspberry's dead. She was fun to write for, and I do apologize for killing her off.